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I don't mean this in a rude way, but the fact that you just tried to justify cars primarily by the need to transport car seats may be a hint that your thinking
by dTal 7y ago
I don't mean this in a rude way, but the fact that you just tried to justify cars primarily by the need to transport car seats may be a hint that your thinking might be a little too set in the car paradigm. A lot of the problems solved by cars, are also caused by cars.
- VBprogrammer 7y agoMy partners parents live, according to Google, 38 miles or 53 minutes away by car Alternatively, 3 hours, 2 trains and a bus away. It's completely impractical with a small child.
- dTal 7y agoOkay, that's a reasonable complaint, but travel time is a distinct and separate issue from the point we were discussing, which was the need to transport paraphernalia of which nearly half was car-related in the first place. Nevertheless, it's another example of cars creating the problems that they solve - this kind of disparity can only be caused by a terrible public transport infrastructure, which in turn is caused by inadequate funding, which is caused by lack of demand due to cars (and lobbying of course). In most places in Europe, bus+train is much faster than driving for long journeys, especially intercity. Trains can go at speeds than would be unsafe on roads, and don't have to worry about traffic jams, while buses are frequent and often get dedicated lanes in cities.